tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669014558058667367.post7766157953687044985..comments2014-10-17T23:22:17.725-04:00Comments on A Web of Thoughts: #cyberPD Week 1Laura M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14391128208397106580noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669014558058667367.post-65594929250907757962014-07-14T12:59:38.272-04:002014-07-14T12:59:38.272-04:00Laura, so glad to be reading your post! &quot;Edge...Laura, so glad to be reading your post! &quot;Edge time&quot; reading is something that I want my students to understand this year. As many high school students--especially ELLs-- think that they don&#39;t have time. I was also &quot;convicted&quot; of reading books that I like during my free time, and not enough books to recommend to my students. I guess I need to find the balance. What is the next book you plan to read?<br />P.S. Congratulations on your new position!Jaanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02027755562339582129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669014558058667367.post-88541855343347993012014-07-13T10:15:00.259-04:002014-07-13T10:15:00.259-04:00Laura,
I am so happy you are enjoying your desser...Laura, <br />I am so happy you are enjoying your dessert and that you joined in the #cyberPD conversation! You made a great point about modeling a full reading life. We need to make time for &quot;edge&quot; reading, especially when we can&#39;t dedicate long stretches of daily time for our own reading. You already have a bunch of awesome ideas in mind for the upcoming year! Looking forward to reading more! <br />Laura Komoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03660151898042277596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669014558058667367.post-69011829025014370162014-07-12T09:01:30.204-04:002014-07-12T09:01:30.204-04:00Laura,
I really enjoyed your thoughts on Reading i...Laura,<br />I really enjoyed your thoughts on Reading in the Wild and had many of the same takeaways. Reading in the edge times is definitely something that I&#39;ve had to emphasize with my students the past two years, though I&#39;ve never called it &quot;edge times.&quot; I was shocked my first year when I asked students to read 30 minutes at home each night and had students tell me they couldn&#39;t because they never had 30 minutes free all at once. I started discussing with them how to read what they could when they could. They thought it was &quot;cheating&quot; to only read 5 minutes at one time. I also really liked Donalyn Miller&#39;s ideas of a book drawing and preview stacks, two things I will definitely be implementing as well. As you stated though, my biggest takeaway was &quot;I need to read more books!&quot; I have started making time for reading daily, often using my smartphone as it&#39;s always with me. I started with the books in my classroom library that I have never read and with a few other student favorites not on my shelves. I want to be able to conference with my students about what they&#39;re reading, but how can I if I don&#39;t know what the book is about?<br /><br />Thanks for sharing!<br />StephanieStephanie Kopechttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06551343102547242362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669014558058667367.post-7229662086861582372014-07-11T22:36:25.518-04:002014-07-11T22:36:25.518-04:00Yea Laura! I&#39;m glad you joined in the convers...Yea Laura! I&#39;m glad you joined in the conversations! You have highlighted so many important ideals about creating wild readers. As you mentioned, the real question lies in HOW we can teach students to become wild readers. Our readers all come to us as various types of readers. We need to take them from where they are and move forward to wild reading. Donalyn shares many great suggestions and conversation starts to help us do just that. <br /><br />I wish you the best of luck with your new position! I&#39;m glad you decided to skip dinner and have dessert with us! But do go back for dinner -- the two make a perfect, full meal!<br /><br />Thanks for sharing your thoughts!<br />Michelle<br /><br />Michelle Nerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08895290340118654990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669014558058667367.post-41985751954744277642014-07-09T23:43:36.514-04:002014-07-09T23:43:36.514-04:00Laura,
You said, &quot;the real question lies in h...Laura,<br />You said, &quot;the real question lies in how we can teach students to become wild readers.” So true! Like you I noticed the emphasis on the need for a reading community. It seemed many of your thoughts in chapter 2 would help to build that community. Thanks for sharing your thinking and joining the conversation.<br /><br />CathyCathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08233792477358685156noreply@blogger.com